Neighbourhood Studies
No. 2 - St Cross & its Surroundings
7 Tourism
The Hospital and Church of St Cross is one of the main attractions of the City; the Hospital offers guided or personal tours and has a café. It is possible to follow the walk that John Keats made in 1819 when he wrote an ode To Autumn. This takes the visitor from The Close, past Winchester College through Ridding Meads to reach the Hospital entrance from the fields, which would be the preferred approach for many people; the bus service is an alternative.
Another tourist attraction would be a brief look at the village, but this will not have much appeal except in the unlikely event of traffic being reduced.
The Clarendon Way, from Winchester to Farley Mount and Salisbury, follows Keats' walk from the city to St Cross Hospital and then turns west to Salisbury.
St Catherine's Hill and Bushfield Camp are fully discussed in the next section.